Wade E Taylor
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuge, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him….” Philippians 3:7-9
Paul has not only given all temporal things to the Lord, but also, he has experienced the actual loss of them. This is followed by the expression of his intense desire that now, eternal things will replace these temporal things that have been removed.
“…But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13 -14